Obesity among male adolescent migrants in Vienna, Austria

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Schober, Edith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; BMI; Childhood obesity; Children; Ethnicity; Migration; Socio economic status; Turkey; Yugoslavia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TURKEY; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 47149105890     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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